La Voz de Colorado
11-17-2004
Acording to a University of Colorado at Boulder study, a fossil beetle
database gleaned from major sites around the world by Dena Smith shows the
Florissant Fossil Beds have produced more beetle species and families than
the total from all amber sites worldwide.

"Amber seems to be the big, exciting thing lately because it is beautiful
and was highly publicized in Jurassic Park," said CU Museum paleontologist
Dena Smith. "But I was surprised to find that Florissant is not only better
than any single amber deposit, it's better than all the amber sites in the
world ...

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